A novel method for the topographic analysis of neural activity reveals formation and dissolution of 'dynamic cell assemblies'

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-68

  Breakspear, Michael ^a,b   Williams, Leanne M ^a,b   Stam, Cornelis J ^c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Institute for Clinical and Experimental Neurosciences ICEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; EEG coherence; Neural synchronization; Nonlinear desynchronization

Indexed keywords

NEURONS;

CELL ASSEMBLY; COGNITION; DESYNCHRONIZATION; EEG COHERENCE; NEURAL ACTIVITY; NEURAL SYNCHRONIZATION; NONLINEAR DESYNCHRONIZATION; NOVEL METHODS; NUMERIC DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS;

DYNAMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; CYTOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OSCILLATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCALP; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TIME PERCEPTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 0842286453     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JCNS.0000004841.66897.7d     Document Type: Article

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